Un: TerribleTinkerer | Text

[badnewsandshitlist]

If money has no meaning here, then what do people do with themselves? Adventure for the sport of it? Build things only to watch them gather dust?

I prefer problems that bite back or explode in my hands, but it seems difficult to call that work in a place where every need is already seen to.

So. What passes for an occupation here—when merit and coin are both irrelevant?

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[badnewsandshitlist]

A sensible policy on their part. Caution keeps small creatures alive, even if it robs them of knowing when they are safe.

Do you think that same instinct for caution makes the hunt more enjoyable for you, or would you prefer if the quarry sometimes trusted enough to play along?

[will_chase_balls]

It would be nice if it was a game for them, too. If we were both having fun.

[badnewsandshitlist]

There is a certain charm in that idea. A contest where both sides understand the rules, where the chase itself is the prize.

Have you ever had a hunt like that, where the quarry felt almost like a partner rather than prey?


[Oh, how nice it must be to have such simple desires. It is almost enough to be envious of.]

[will_chase_balls]

Yeah! When I play with other shifters we'll chase each other around just for fun. And pretty much all sports are like that.